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  • Everyone plays guitar (Part 2)

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    It has been over a year, and what a year it has been. Fortunately I don’t have to go into any of that here. The TV project has all but died. I still have the spare PCB kicking about, but I’ve not got the motivation to fix my BusPirate probes and try to add USB…

  • More people watch TV (Part 3)

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    This post I am going to be demonstrating how to read an I2C device using a BusPirate. The BusPirate is a brilliant little tool that provides a command line interface to various communication buses. I am using the BusPirate V4, but the theory will be the same for the V3 and V3.5. The first device…

  • More people watch TV (Part 2)

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    I have three problems that I need to tackle; USB, 3x HDMI ports, HDMI-CEC. So again, lets head to the service manual to avoid embarrassment.   There are footprints for 2 USB connectors. Even though I don’t want to plug a memory stick in, it did pique my interest as to the differences. The top-most…